China Jon's Syncretic Journal

At first the report was not believed.. just impossible, obviously a misunderstanding if not an error or outright insane deviation. Still, a few looked into it because at last, they had nothing else to do.
Their investigation yielded several irrefutable, and irrelevant facts:
1 The original Patent application for Souling Machine #1 occurred on March 10, 1919
2 The Patent was granted on March 30, 1920
3 Since the original design had been obtained through Divine Intervention, no changes to the design had been required since the first SM was manufactured in 1922.
4 None of the millions of Souling Machines has required maintenance or repair.
5 This does not count the 375 machines which were totally destroyed by accident in 1945 nor the 44 machines lost at sea in 1960.
6 The 6.7 billion (6,784,344,512) souls which were in use at the time of the report were 100% flawless.
7 All souls (see #4 above) which were in use at the time of the report were still under each soul’s lifetime warrantees, guarantees, and unlimited service plans.
8 There had been no failure sited of any Souling Machine in any of the 19 million sites where they had been installed.
Of course there are lies, damned lies and statistics. The truth of the Report became apparent as the year 2008 unfolded with no souls becoming available to any Souling Machine regardless of the accuracy of the multi-pointed inquiry mentioned above. The debate now rages over whether the Mayan Long Count has somehow become relevant to the scarcity of souls. Differences in calculating the various Eastern and Western calendars and computing corresponding dates in the Mayan Long Count indicate that the actual end of the MLC could have occurred as early as November 1, 2007. But this is true only if the Celtic calendar is considered. The majority of those who have investigated thoroughly enough to form valid opinions have taken the position that this coincidence is just that: a coincidence. Believers in synchronicity will obviously raise an alarm at that.
In conclusion, it must be pointed out that the Report makes no prediction as to when or whether souls will once again become available. If they do become available, there is no doubt that every Souling Machine will once again work at 100% accuracy and efficiency. There should be no doubt in that regard.

I saw them walking:
She was graceful and dainty while her steps stirred no dust.
I could not hear them talking:
Though shadows upon the wall hinted at both their love and their lust.

He spoke to her and held out his hand.
She followed, stepping over the Spring flowers that covered the land.

Hand in hand they walked past a murmuring dove.
The swirling fragrances of trees and flowers shrouded their love.

They walked into the cleft of rock,
so dark and cool.
I turned away,
feeling like a lonely fool.

My steps led me home,
so far away and high:
My mountain home.
It will welcome my echoing steps,
my murmur, my sigh.

I wonder.
Who can find their way to such a place?
Too far from where they work or play.
When will I touch her upturned face?
If she comes, what will I say?

One hobby I do while working in China is to answer questions on "Yahoo Answers."

I thought you might like to see the kinds of questions I answer:

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The end of internet is in a few years?
In Astronomy & Space - Asked by urban pharmacist - 7 answers - 1 day ago - Open

What would happen to food in space?
1 In Astronomy & Space - Asked by Science wonder - 5 answers - 1 day ago - Open

How can i make a refracting astronomical telescope for moon and planet gazing? plz dont give hyperlinks.?
In Astronomy & Space - Asked by commandos_mihir - 4 answers - 2 days ago - Open

What Is Finale Mainly For?
In Software - Asked by Zein - 1 answer - 2 days ago - Open

Keyboard shortcut on Mac os x?
In Software - Asked by Colin H - 2 answers - 2 days ago - Open

Is photoshop 6 is compatible with Windows 2003?
In Software - Asked by ks_nishad - 2 answers - 2 days ago - Open

Why do car wheels look like they are spinning backwards when they turn at high rates?
2 In Physics - Asked by Neoprene - 4 answers - 4 days ago - Best Answer

What are the dimensions of our universe.?
In Astronomy & Space - Asked by anil s - 9 answers - 6 days ago - Resolved

Stress of exams and how to reduce it?
In Standards & Testing - Asked by Faith - 3 answers - 1 week ago - Best Answer

What is the beginning of science?
In Physics - Asked by Luz - 5 answers - 1 week ago - Best Answer

Is the American flag and moon rover visible from Earth with a telescope?
In Astronomy & Space - Asked by jrels2 - 12 answers - 3 weeks ago - Resolved

Please give me your input!!!!!?
In Poetry - Asked by timeflies - 4 answers - 4 weeks ago - Resolved

Avant-garde - a Poem that needs your critique. Please answer.?
4 In Poetry - Asked by Tori - 10 answers - 4 weeks ago - Resolved

Is Indonesia should be considered in Asia?
In Geography - Asked by Uki - 10 answers - 4 weeks ago - Resolved

Temperature of Organisms?
In Weather - Asked by Powell D - 1 answer - 1 month ago - Best Answer

In Red Scarf Girl, where was the countryside in which Jiang Ji Li had to her summer labor for "remolding"?
In Geography - Asked by TFOrange - 1 answer - 1 month ago - Best Answer

Is 55 degrees a warm tempature for outside at night?
In Weather - Asked by Holly - 5 answers - 1 month ago - Best Answer

Why bother having weather forecasters?
In Weather - Asked by christine c - 7 answers - 1 month ago - Resolved

Are their tornadoes in Europe and Asia?
1 In Weather - Asked by toolgirl@att.net - 3 answers - 1 month ago - Resolved

How come 'natural disasters' usually occur in the poorest places?
2 In Weather - Asked by Biinje - 8 answers - 1 month ago - Best Answer

I am not sure this link will work in My.Opera, but here is my profile page:
http://answers.yahoo.com/my/qa/index;_ylt=AuSsHCcOxSi2fNPLrMqOvOzsy6IX;_ylv=3?link=answer&more=y&show=AA11991317&preview=true

At first I felt a softness,
like a warm hypnotic trance.
Then I sensed a rumble,
like thunder in the distance.

A smile bends my cheek,
like the wonderment of youth.
How can a little kitten
give me such loving truth?

What did I do when someone gave me a life?

AT first I learned to crawl in a funny way that was called my 'elephant walk' since I got up on my four legs (counting my two arms as legs) and tried to go as fast as I could. My family was entertained, though that was not my intent.

I learned the things that babies learn, to walk and talk and run and play.

I learned the things you learn in church and school and in the street and in the park.

I learned the things you learn in university and in your own family raising your own kids.

I learned the things you learn in a lifetime of working with others.

I learned that there was a lot I had not learned and began to look for more.

I found out things that no one nor no thing had ever taught me.

Miracles became apparent that I was not able to see before even though they had been around me every day.

I made up my motto: "Miracles Happen Every Day. Pay Attention!"

My life has changed. It has become smaller and larger. More simple and more fulfilled.

I learned that the enemy is fear, and the answer is love.

.The Way.

A story by Chinajon

The way opened before the travelers, but it was dark.
The travelers stopped for the night, making a warm fire, near which they huddled in fear.
The travelers prayed, asking for guidance, even though the way lay open before them.
The sky glowed with stars, and many aligned with the way, but the travelers stared into their warm fire and did not see the guiding lights.
The night grew cold, and the travelers crawled into their warm blankets, telling each other that in the new day, they would set out to find the way.
The dawn glowed with pink and yellow hues, which shown down on the way in brilliant dancing beams. But the travelers slept until the day was bright. They shielded their eyes from the light and did not see the way, which lay open before them.

A child from the other side came walking down the path which led to the way. He saw the travelers sitting around the morning campfire cooking various meals. He stood looking at them in curiosity. They did not see him.

He saw them bring in a doe that they had killed in the woods, watched as they butchered it and started to turn it over one of the fires. The child understood the eternal weave, and saw that the travelers did not know of this. Saddened, the child turned back and walked slowly up the path, and wondered if the strangers had thanked the doe for the life she had given them. He decided to ask her about it when he got home.

In the footsteps which the child left behind, grew wildflowers and vines. Soon the path was covered with dots of yellow and blue - the child’s favorite colors - and red berries that were both sweet and tart. As the child entered the way home, rainbows drifted around him in curls and spirals, like fragrant breezes.

The way closed behind him

Well, just a comment in explanation about how 'global Warming' can cause colder weather.

It is indeed possible for a warming condition - it need not be global - to cause colder weather. This is because the warmth we in North America, and Northern Europe, enjoy is a product of a circulation northward of equatorial water. You probably studied this in school. Warm Gulf Stream water flows north, right? Well cold water is flowing south as well.

But in a period of higher than normal temperatures, there is more rain and higher temperatures in the north. This causes more melting of Arctic ice and snow. This melting provides more fresh water to the North Atlantic. Fresh water is lighter than salt water, and does not sink down to join the regular circulation of cold water to the the South Atlantic. This disrupts the overall circulation which includes the warm water which is responsible for warming the North Atlantic. A colder North Atlantic provides colder weather for the Northern hemisphere in general.

It also causes an increase in equatorial water temperatures, which produce more higher temperatures, and more severe equatorial storms such as hurricanes.

Over a period as short as ten years, a climate change could occur with far ranging human consequences that might last for 1000 years..

Google 'The year there was no summer' and 'The little ice age.' In those articles are also references to volcanic explosions which cause short cooling periods.